This disclosure provides a new vaccine composition and methods for its use. The composition contains an effective amount of each of: an aluminum hydroxide, a mono-phosphoryl lipid (MPL), and a whole glucan particles (WGP) but no an antigen that raises an immune response against a bacterial or fungal infection.

Polypeptides comprising a FimH lectin domain comprising an amino acid mutation that causes the FimH lectin domain to be in the low affinity conformation for mannose are described. Pharmaceutical compositions which comprise such polypeptides and methods of stimulating an immune response in a subject in need thereof by administration of the polypeptide are further described.

The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition for Proteobacteria protection and reduced transmission. We have identified Proteobacteria serovar variant combinations that generate an immune response capable of robustly driving bacterial enteropathogens into an evolutionary dead end and reducing the transmission of the bacterium. These inactivated immunogenic positions and typically oral vaccines are easy to apply, cheap to produce, and can be stored long-term without cold-chain requirements making them ideal for application in livestock, or in resource-poor areas. They are believed to be the only immunogenic compositions and vaccine formulations capable of breaking the chain of transmission for these types of pathogen.

Medicament for the treatment or the prevention of a bacterial infection, characterized in that it contains at least one polypeptide selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 9, and contiguous fragments thereof, wherein said at least one polypeptide or contiguous fragment thereof induces opsonic antibodies in a patient in need thereof. The polypeptides or the contiguous fragments thereof according to the present invention can be used for the preparation of a vaccine against an infection against Enterococcus.

Polypeptides comprising a FimH lectin domain comprising an amino acid mutation that causes the FimH lectin domain to be in the low affinity conformation for mannose are described. Pharmaceutical compositions which comprise such polypeptides and methods of stimulating an immune response in a subject in need thereof by administration of the polypeptide are further described.

The invention relates to the field of minimal residual disease (MRD) diagnostics, which is progressively more applied for the evaluation of treatment effectiveness in patients with a hematological malignancy, such as B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL), B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), and multiple myeloma (MM). Provided are unique reagent compositions with carefully selected and thoroughly tested combinations of antibodies, for ≥8-color flow cytometric stainings as well as for 10-color and 12-color flow cyometric stainings, which can reach sensitivities of at least 10.sup.−4, even down to 10.sup.−5. Also provided are diagnostic kits and methods for detecting MRD.

The present invention provides vaccine compositions and methods of producing such compositions. Other embodiments of the invention include methods of treating a pathogen infection, methods of vaccinating a subject against a pathogen infection, and methods for treating an antibiotic-resistance bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof. In further embodiments, the invention includes methods of decreasing the level of a pathogen in a subject having a pathogen infection, methods of increasing the surviving rate of a subject having a pathogen infection, methods of reducing the level of pain associated with a pathogen infection, and methods of reducing the level of distress associated with a pathogen infection in a subject in need thereof. Novel scaffold compositions and opsonin-bound or lectin-bound pathogen compositions, and uses thereof, are also provided herein.

Disclosed herein are nucleic acids, vector systems, and vaccines for vaccinating fresh water and marine fish using Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ich) i-antigens. In particular, a recombinant attenuated Edwardsiella vaccine (RAEV) vector system is disclosed with regulated delayed attenuation and regulated delayed lysis in vivo attributes that synthesizes Ich protective antigens to enable vaccination of fresh water and marine fish species susceptible to white spot disease. This vaccine construct is designed to exhibit the invasive properties of virulent Edwardsiella at the time of bath immunization and then is programmed to gradually lose virulence attributes and to synthesize protective antigens as a consequence of in vivo cell division as the RAEV colonizes internal effector lymphoid tissues. The ultimate lysis in vivo delivers a bolus of protective antigen along with immunostimulatory molecules to exhibit complete biological containment with no potential for survival in vivo or ex vivo.

The present disclosure provides a method for quantifying a vaccine. The method includes the steps of: 1) providing a plurality of standard mixtures, each of the standard mixtures having a standard antigen and an aluminum based adjuvant; 2) mixing a stabilizing solution with the vaccine and each of the standard mixtures; 3) determining dosages of the standard antigens in the standard mixtures to establish a standard curve; and 4) determining a dosage of a target antigen in the vaccine according to the standard curve.

For the first time individual (free from impurities of penta- and hexa-acetylated derivatives) di-, tri- and tetra-acetylated S-LPS of endotoxic bacteria and combinations thereof were obtained and their immunobiological, physical-chemical and chemical-pharmaceutical properties were studied. For the first time the principal possibility of their clinical application was directly demonstrated as vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions containing the modified S-LPS individual as monocomponent or combinations thereof as two and three component active substance, respectively. The modified S-LPS and combinations thereof have high safety profile and provide low pyrogenicity and high immunogenicity. Developed on their basis vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions demonstrate anti-shock activity, high efficiency and specificity, broad-spectrum action and also good chemical-pharmaceutical parameters.